EP 1011360 B1 20031022 - SAFETY BELT BUCKLE
Title (en)
SAFETY BELT BUCKLE
Title (de)
GURTSCHLOSS
Title (fr)
BOUCLE POUR CEINTURE DE SECURITE
Publication
Application
Priority
- GB 9802337 W 19980804
- GB 9716462 A 19970804
- GB 9719492 A 19970912
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO9907243A1] An improved safety belt buckle for use with a buckle end pretensioner. The buckle for a vehicle safety restraint belt comprises a latch (5) moveable between a tongue engaging position in which the buckle is fastened and a tongue disengaged position in which the buckle is open, a button (7) moveable in the direction of tongue insertion to lift the latch against the action of a biasing spring (9), into the disengaging position. A securing means (10) in the form of a slidable plate is mounted in the buckle frame and is moveable between a position in which it restrains a movement of the latch into the disengaging position and a position in which it does not restrain movement of the latch. The securing plate is biased to the unrestraining position by a leaf spring (12), the strength of which is chosen so as to be overcome during the deceleration phase of a pretensioner so that the securing plate (10) moves to the restraining position and prevents opening of the buckle but so that when pretensioning forces dissipate, the securing plate moves back to the un-restraining position. In this buckle, the securing plate moves into the latch restraining position during the deceleration phase of the pretensioning operation and thus reduces the danger of the buckle jamming.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
A44B 11/25 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
A44B 11/2523 (2013.01 - EP US); Y10T 24/45623 (2015.01 - EP US); Y10T 24/4567 (2015.01 - EP US)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
DE ES FR GB IT
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 9907243 A1 19990218; DE 69819177 D1 20031127; DE 69819177 T2 20040715; EP 1011360 A1 20000628; EP 1011360 B1 20031022; JP 2001513339 A 20010904; US 6363591 B1 20020402
DOCDB simple family (application)
GB 9802337 W 19980804; DE 69819177 T 19980804; EP 98937655 A 19980804; JP 2000506847 A 19980804; US 46376800 A 20000131